Business development Manager - content & creative services

Contents; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance incentives

International exposure

Entrepreneurial environment

Collaboration with senior leadership

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Contents, a cutting-edge AI company, is seeking a proactive Business Development Manager to drive growth of our content and creative services division across Italy and selected international markets. You will leverage your network to generate opportunities and manage the full sales cycle from outreach to closing.

The role requires 2-4 years in sales, a strong ability to build client relationships, and fluency in Italian and English.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in sales, account management, or business development.
• Experience in creative agencies, localization/translation companies, or media/production environments.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Fluency in Italian and professional English.
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving, scale-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities.
• Leverage your network to generate commercial relationships and client meetings.
• Manage the full sales cycle, from outreach and discovery to negotiation and closing.
• Promote services related to content production, localization, and creative services.
• Collaborate with internal creative, production, and delivery teams to build tailored client proposals.
• Maintain accurate pipeline management and CRM reporting.
• Support upselling opportunities within existing enterprise accounts.

Skills

Sales

Account management

Business development

Client relationships

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related fields

Tools

CRM

Job description

Company Description

Contents is a cutting-edge AI company powering enterprise content operations through advanced orchestration workflows, localization technologies, and AI-native creative services. Our platform helps global brands manage and scale the full lifecycle of content creation — from ideation and production to localization and distribution — leveraging Generative AI to improve speed, consistency, and efficiency across markets. Alongside our SaaS platform, we support enterprises with a growing suite of Native AI Services, combining human creativity with AI-powered execution across text, video, imagery, localization, and multilingual content operations. We are now looking for a motivated and commercially driven Business development Manager to accelerate the growth of this division.

Role Description

We are looking for a proactive and commercially driven Business development Manager – content & creative services to support our growth across Italy and selected international markets. Thanks to our AI content production platform we are able to execute an high number of content production projects with extremely high accuracy.

The role focuses on selling content production, localization, and creative services to brands and enterprise clients, working closely with leadership, creative teams, and operations.

This Opportunity Is Ideal For Professionals Coming From

• Creative agencies
• Localization or translation agencies
• Digital and content agencies
• Media or production companies
• Branded content environments

The ideal candidate already has an active network of clients and industry relationships and is able to generate business opportunities quickly.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities
• Leverage your existing network to generate commercial relationships and client meetings
• Manage the full sales cycle, from outreach and discovery to negotiation and closing
• Promote services related to:
  • Content production and adaptation
  • Translation and localization services
  • Multilingual video and creative adaptation
  • Editorial and branded content operations
  • Visual and digital asset production
• Collaborate with internal creative, production, and delivery teams to build tailored client proposals
• Maintain accurate pipeline management and CRM reporting
• Support upselling opportunities within existing enterprise accounts
• Contribute to the positioning and growth of Contents in the content and creative services market

Join Us If You Have

• 2-4 years of experience in sales, account management, or business development
• Previous experience in:
  • Creative agencies
  • Localization/translation companies
  • Media or production environments
  • Marketing service businesses
• Strong understanding of content production and localization workflows
• Existing portfolio/network of active clients
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset with commercial autonomy
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving, scale-up environment
• Fluent Italian and professional English
• Immediate or near-immediate availability preferred

Qualifications

• Experience in lead generation and business development
• Strong account management and client relationship skills
• Proven ability to close service-based commercial deals
• Familiarity with creative, localization, or content production industries
• Customer-first mindset and consultative sales approach
• Ability to work effectively in hybrid and fast-paced environments
• Previous experience in AI, content management, localization, or creative services is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communication, or related fields preferred
• Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package with performance incentives
• Opportunity to join one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies
• Exposure to international enterprise clients and projects
• A dynamic and entrepreneurial environment
• Direct collaboration with senior leadership
• Strong career growth opportunities inside a rapidly scaling AI company